Condor
Subtitle: to the brink and back--the life and times of one giant bird
By: John Nielsen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780060088620
Subjects: California condor
Description: Traces the history of the California condor, describing its life in prehistoric times, its dwindling numbers throughout the past ten thousand years, its multiple rescues from the verge of extinction, and its prospects today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-257).
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments --; title: Introduction -- -- 1. The; title: worst of times -- -- 2.; title: Wing in a grave -- -- 3.; title: More like relatives -- -- 4.; title: Sway of kingdoms -- -- 5.; title: Collateral damage -- -- 6.; title: Skin record -- -- 7.; title: Eggmen -- -- 8.; title: Carl Koford -- -- 9.; title: Hands-on -- -- 10.; title: Contingencies -- -- 11.; title: Endgame -- -- 12.; title: Zoo -- -- 13.; title: Grand Canyon -- -- 14.; title: Not the same bird -- -- 15. The; title: real killers -- -- 16.; title: Elvis reenters the building --; title: Afterword --; title: Notes.